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Let's see. Favourites? Well, The Old Man and the Sea would have been except that I'd read it a couple of years ago. Still powerful, and still giving me new insights, in no small part because of the discussion. Very glad I nominated it. Next up would be Passing and another book nominated that month, The Price of Salt.
Both non-fiction books gave me information about events I knew little or nothing about, and I enjoyed both of them, while recognizing the severe issues with one. Two books were abandoned, though all were at least started. Five were technically re-reads, though only the Hemingway was a recent read.
For me, the best part about the club has not been the books we've actually selected, but the books that we didn't select. Whether it was The Price of Salt, Station X, Between Silk and Cyanide, Fadeout, or To Sir with Love, the books that were nominated (or inspired by the theme) were the real winners for me. I've actually only enjoyed about half of the selected books, but in every month I've found other books that I very much enjoyed.
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